ln t11islll(-111()irone of t11e comlTlanding figr > ures of the civil rights movement in the<br > USSRputs principle before personal<br > safetܡHerethe man w110 defended Sak<br > llaroSolzhenitsynMedvedevSinyavsky<br > and Danielthe 111anho endured more<br > thall ten vears of prisons and labor camps<br > for crimes(Ifbourgeois humanismonce<br > again speaks out<br > T0 B P Preserved Forever-the title<br > COIlles from the official stamp used in the<br > USSRon government security files per<br > taining tocrimes against the state--pre<br > sents a Russian voice quite unlike the dis<br > sident voices heard before in the WestFor<br > Kopelevwho rose to the rank of major in<br > the Soviet ArmyS Political Department<br > during World War II and was recommended<br > for decorationwas a staunch proponent of <br > CommunismThroughout the years of his<br > trials and imprisonmenthe never re ?<br > nounced his faith in the ideals of the Party<br > that almost destroyed hima fact that<br > makes his quest for iusticerecounted in<br > searing detail in his extraordinary bookall<br > the more poignant<br > At the heart of KopelevS memoir iS the<br > pivotal event in his lirehis arrest in 1 945<br > toward the end of the warfor alleged<br > antiSoviet activitiesSent to Germany<br > on a political mission along with the spear<br > head of the Russian advanceyoung Major<br > Kopelev witnessed there the lootingrape<br > arsonand wanton destruction committed<br > by the Red ArmyIt was reported to his<br > superior that he had castigated the brave<br > soIdiers of the Red Armythereby underһ<br >